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Chapter 02
Brief Principles of Macroeconomics Vocabulary
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2013

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Circular-Flow Diagram
Definition
A visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through the markets among households and firms
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Production Possibilites Frontier
Definition
A graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production of technology
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Microeconomics
Definition
The study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets
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Macroeconomics
Definition

The study of economywide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth

 

 

 

 

 

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Positive Statements
Definition

Claims that attempt to decribe the world as it is

 

 

( A true statement)

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Normative Statements
Definition

Claims the attempt to prescribe how the world should be

 

(Opinion based statement)

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